Octopus is a song by Syd Barrett which appears on his first solo record, The Madcap Laughs. Octopus opens up with an acoustic guitar played in a pretty lighthearted manner which gives way to Barrett’s vocal delivery which is as equally lighthearted. As most people who have heard Syd …

I’m not a real Major Lazer fan. I’ve only been really listening to them since 2013, a little before I went to see them in concert for the first time. While I do like a few of their songs, I have to say that I’m not as hugely invested in …

This film Saawaria is a Sanjay Leela Bhansali Production. SLB is know for is exceptionally good music for his films. He has surprisingly narrowed gap between class and mass, his music is soulful and yet commercial and Saawaria is no exception. Bhasali has tried out a new music director …

Winter Wonder Land is a song by Animal Collective and the seventh on their record Strawberry Jam. Returning to the traditional sound present throughout the rest of the record, Winter Wonder Land opens up with a vocal section accompanied by some fairly chaotic music behind it. Although the opening …

Ode To C.C. (Part II) is a song by the Flaming Lips and the penultimate track to appear on their sophomore effort, Oh My Gawd. Thankfully, the second part of this track features an actual instrument in comparison to Ode to C.C. (Part I) which was just made up …

I listen to nearly all genres of music, but I do not have any particular artist or bands that I like. I just listen to what is pleasing to my ears. One of the songs that I have been hearing a lot for the past couple of weeks is …

As a Patty Duke fan, I love Patty Duke: The Best of Patty Duke - Just Patty CD. It’s full of her hit songs and more, and it even includes the theme song from The Patty Duke Show. She doesn’t sing that, but I love the theme. …

In This Twilight is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their record Year Zero. The song opens up with a heavy sounding industrial rhythm before Reznor enters in to start singing over it. Reznor sings in his characteristic laid-back fashion which doesn’t exactly go with the …

Taste is a song by Animal Collective and the eighth track on their record Merriweather Post Pavilion. Opening up instrumentally briefly, the vocals quickly join in the mix with a delivery that leaves something to be desired in terms of flow. Having just come out of a track which …

Artist: Destiny’s Child ft. Missy Elliott
Video: Bootylicious (Rockwilder Remix)
Album: Survivor
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Little X
What was music video director Little X thinking when he signed up to do this one? This is the Rockwilder Remix to Destiny’s Child’s second single and music video, “Bootylicious”, from their third album titled “Survivor”. …

I don’t know what kind of genre to label the band My Chemical Romance for. Either it is punk or more to rock and roll; not so sure which, but I do sure love this particular album featuring them of course.
The storyline is pretty clear through the songs and …

Die By The Sword is a song by Slayer which appears on their first record Show No Mercy. The track starts off with a nice fast riff which is reinforced through a second guitar, drums, and bass before each instrument comes in for the main riff of the track. …

I Got The Blues is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Sticky Fingers. The song starts off with a clean guitar riff which actually goes on for a pretty fair amount of time and it has a very melancholy tone to it which certainly …

#1 is a song by Animal Collective and is the sixth track to appear on their record Strawberry Jam. Opening up with an incredibly hypnotizing start, the vocals join the track after a bit of time has passed with a repeating vocal phrase which continues to reinforce the hypnotizing …

Overview —“ Disposable Heroes, the fifth track on Metallica’s third record Master Of Puppets takes a sound which is similar to the title track and somehow seems to manage it in terms of excellent songwriting and just a great sound overall. Whereas Master Of Puppets did have a more …

This album was one of the first albums by the Cure that I listened to. It was quite a long time ago. It took place, in fact, probably in the year when this album was released. And then I loved these songs a lot. They seemed magic and otherworldly. …

An excellent choice for any beginner banjo player . The low profile neck satin finish and rock maple rim make this banjo a keeper . I began on a cheap Asian banjo , that offered a very hollow sound similar to playing in a a cave , for …

This is just another one of Carrie Underwood’s amazing songs. By far, she is the best American Idol there ever was and the most successful. This song didn’t get very big on the radio but got big in my heart. I can’t quite relate to the subject of the …

Overview —“ Last Ride In, a music video released by Green Day for their album Nimrod is actually a music video which is set to an instrument, something that I don’t think is extremely common, particularly in the world of punk rock. Now that I think about it, I …

Flying, an instrumental track by The Beatles is a song which appears on what I would consider to be their most psychedelic work, Magical Mystery Tour. Although I’m not really sure who wrote the majority of this song, or if in reality it was indeed actually shared, the song …

The self titled album named Aaliyah by Aaliyah was released to the public in July of 2001. Much anticipated, it came out and it didn’t disappoint me in the least. Today, you can still hear her wonderful music still being aired on the airwaves all over the world. Listed …

House of Blues Dallas, TX 10/7/2010
After a fun set from local troubadour, Scott Copeland, the sold out HOB audience anxiously anticipated the headliner: Ryan Bingham and The Dead Horses. As they took the stage, the crowd broke into frenzy.
Fresh off the release of their 3rd album and with …

“Low” is the number 1 single by the band Cracker. I’m actually kind of surprised that nobody has written a review for such a memorable and catchy song already. “Low” single handedly brought recognition for the band Cracker and significantly boosted their record sales for their 1993 album “Kerosene …

In regards to music, Michael Jackson was an absolute genius; everything he touched turned to gold and he produced the most memorable and meaningful songs of all time. For me, my favorite is “Human Nature.” Not only does it has some of the most poetic words ever written in a …

The Buffet R13 is a standard issue clarinet for all clarinetists that want to play the clarinet throughout their lifetime- not just to be used through your school years and put aside forever. There are two types- the silver plated and nickel plated keys. It is made of premium grenadilla …

Can’t Stand You is a cover by Slayer which appears on their record full of punk covers, which I still don’t understand why they chose to do and release, Undisputed Attitude. The problem I had with Undisputed Attitude is that many of the songs ended up having the same …

“There’ll Be Some Changes Made” is a collaboration effort of 2 amazing guitarists. Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits fame, and Chet Atkins of well… Chet Atkins fame contribute to this amazing song. Although the song itself is a cover version, the original performers of the song were Benton Overstreet, …

Cuckoo Cuckoo is a song by Animal Collective and is the penultimate track on their album Strawberry Jam. Opening up with an introduction which initially has a somewhat confusing sound, the band establishes a firmer structure after around a minute where a piano carries the rhythm and the vocals …

Cheap Trick is a band that has been around since a few years before I was born yet they seem to reinvent themselves just enough to stay around.
They have quite a few decent newer songs but, when I listen to them, I still prefer the classics like “I want …

Mariah Carey’s latest, E=MC2 album is packed with songs which should be smashing hits in the future. E=MC2 reached number one, and has so far spawned four hits, which includes the number one single, touch my body, the summer smash I’ll be loving you long time featuring T.I, the …

I have to say, this is my favorite debut album from any band I’ve ever listened to. Led Zeppelin’s self titled debut album really cements the band as the premier hard rock band of the time.
Released at the beginning of 1969, this album quickly rose to fame on British …

This 1996 Sepultura album could be the heaviest album of all time, produced by Ross Robinson, the album features guest vocals from Mike Patton, and Jon Davis. The band Brazilian culture has never been so prominent in a Sepultura album, the inspiration came to Max Cavalera from watching the …

Been So Long is a song by The Doors which appears on their album L.A. Woman. The track opens up with Morrison’s vocals accompanied at first by the bass guitar and a drum rhythm which all work together to create a simple but certainly definitive and powerful rhythm. The …

Fireworks is a song by Animal Collective and is the fifth track to appear on their record Strawberry Jam. Transitioning straight out of For Reverend Green, Fireworks opens up centered around a guitar part before other instruments join in as well as the vocals for the track. Like all …

Minority is a track by Green Day which appears on their album Warning. Minority does open up with an acoustic guitar part, but after this ends, the rest of the song is really just pretty much traditional pop punk which is obviously led by three powerchords played on a …

Apo Hiking Society is a Filipino singer consists of three men named Jim, Buboy and Danny. They are there in the limelight ever since I was born in the 80’s. They are my favorite singer and every time I download new songs for my MP3, I include their songs …

One of my favorite songs in the early 90’s is Out of the Blue by Debbie Gibson. It reminds me of my childhood were life was easy. There are no heavy problems, the only problems I had before was how I can answer my Math subject home works and …

There is barely anything I can say about this album that hasn’t been said by critics over the past 10 years or so. Released in September 2004, The beautiful thing about this album is that this was something I didn’t necessarily enjoy on first listen but for me I …

I am not a fan of Elton John. This doesn’t mean that I don’t acknowledge he’s a very talented singer because he is. I certainly have sung along to numerous hits of his over the years. He’s just a little too over the top for me, …

Overview - Although Side IV of The Wall isn’t as good as side III, it still has some very good songs on it and wraps up the story behind this album very well in the end. In fact I’d have to say that this side has two of my …

Rattlehead is a song by Megadeth which appears on their debut record, Killing Is My Business… And Business is Good. Rattlehead starts off in an extremely fast manner and this is definitely the definition of early thrash metal in my opinion. The guitar riff is extremely rapid and Mustaine …

I think that the 1999 Issues is Korn’s greatest work. It is the first album by them that I got hold of, and I was strongly impressed by the music. I was rather young when I got a hold of this record, it was before their 2002 release Untouchables, …

“Simon and Garfunkel” is the name of an American folk rock music duo who rose to popularity in the nineteen sixties. Although I am not old enough to know what the nineteen sixties, the nineteen seventies or even the nineteen eighties for that matter were like, I am quite …

The song sneaky snake is sung by Tom T. Hall. This song is sort of a joke because it is so funny. When I hear this song I think of the line about the snake drinking all the root beer. Somehow though that just seems impossible and silly. Snakes …

Young Girl Sunday Blues is a song by Jefferson Airplane which appears on their record After Bathing At Baxter’s. The track starts off with a simple drum and guitar part before leading into a section which certainly has a feel more like Jefferson Airplane typically does. The vocal performance …

At first, I didn’t like this song because it sounded kind of stupid. But after I heard it a few times, I really started liking it, mostly because I could relate to it. It is featuring Hayley Williams, someone I have never heard of before but she is a …

On A Highway is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their EP release entitled Fall Be Kind. Opening up instrumentally, On A Highway takes about a minute to establish a mood before Tare comes in with the vocals for the song. The issue that I have with …

The first time I heard this song was when Julie Ann and Elmo Magalona, singers from Party Pilipinas (Sunday afternoon variety program in the Philippines) performed it. I admit because the two of them are my favorite young artist these days, I become liking the song after the performance. …

Once again Lady Gaga gives us another amazing single. I love Alejandro with its throwback to past hits ranging from ABBA’s “Fernando” to Madonna’s “La Isla Bonita”. I have a hard time getting this song out of my head every time I hear it which is a …

This is an incredible album that brought Heavy Metal to a whole new audience.The music is composed brilliantly and brutally.This is about the time Heavy Metal began to see a reincarnate of Classical Music.From the opening track the listener is forced into a heavy landscape where guitars rule and …